Arto Salomaa: Mathematician, Computer Scientist, and Teacher A Thematic Biography /

• Main Author: Paakki, Jukka (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Computers.; Mathematics.; History.; Discrete mathematics.; Computer science-Mathematics.; History of Computing.; Theory of Computation.; History of Mathematical Sciences.; Discrete Mathematics.; Mathematics of Computing.

This book outlines the scientific career of Arto Salomaa, a pioneer in theoretical computer science and mathematics. The author first interviewed the subject and his family and collaborators, and he then researched this fascinating biography of an intellectual who was key in the development of these...

Table of Contents:

• Professor's Son
• Child and Youngster in Turku, Finland
• Master and Doctor of Science
• Master of Many-Valued Logic
• Prehistory of Automata and Formal Languages
• Father of Formal Languages
• Champion of L
• President of EATCS
• Master of Formal Power Series
• Champion of Cryptography
• Master of Biocomputing
• Academician, One of the Twelve
• All-Round Grand Champion
• Champion of Sauna, Master of Music and Sports
• Äijä: The Great Grandfather
• Q.E.D.
• App. A, References and Suggested Reading
• App. B, PhDs Supervised by Arto Salomaa
• App. C, Textbooks and Handbooks by Arto Salomaa
• Name Index.